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Ageratina tinifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in the Andes from southern Colombia (departments of Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander and Tolima) to Venezuela, where it typically occurs in the transition zone of high Andean forests and páramo vegetation.
It occurs in the Andean region in high Andean forest biomes at altitudes ranging from 2,500 to 3,700 metres (8,200 to 12,100 ft) and on páramos, such as at altitudes of 3,000 to 3,100 metres (9,800 to 10,200 ft) in La Chorrera, Une, Cundinamarca. The plant is a typical species at the transition of the two biomes. To the north on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Cárpatos forest reserve of Guasca, Cundinamarca, the plant is one of the most abundant in the higher elevation areas, dominated by Weinmannia pinnata and Miconia theaezans. Ageratina tinifolia is the most dominant species in the northeastern part of the Llano de Paletará, Coconuco, Cauca. The plant is also abundant in the El Volcán forest reserve of Pamplona, Norte de Santander.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ageratina tinifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
